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The A-polynomial 2-tuple of twisted Whitehead links

Anh T. Tran

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129167X18500131Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We compute the A-polynomial 2-tuple of twisted Whitehead links. As applications, we determine the canonical component of twisted Whitehead links and give a formula for the volume of twisted Whitehead link cone-manifolds.

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AMSC: 57M27, 57M25

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